This clinical trial studies an educational intervention for parents and providers in increasing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in younger girls in Ohio Appalachia. Educational interventions may be effective in increasing the number of participants whose daughters receive HPV vaccination.

The Ohio State University Center for Population Health and Health Disparities Community Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE II): Project 4 The PARENT (Parents in Appalachia Receive Education Needed for Teens) Project

Further study details as provided by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Proportion of daughters of participating parents who received their first HPV vaccination [ Time Frame: Within 3 months of viewing educational material ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

A logistic random effects model will be used. A t-test of the coefficient for intervention status will be used to determine if there is a difference in the expected proportion of vaccinated patients across treatment arms.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Proportion of daughters of participants in the intervention arm who received a second and third dose of the HPV vaccine [ Time Frame: Up to 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Separate logistic random effects models will be fit for each vaccination and t-tests of the fixed intervention effect will be used to compare treatment arms.

After completion of study, participants are followed up at 3 and 6 months.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and older

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

LEVEL 1: Parents

Be able to speak, read, and write English

Has a daughter who receives care from or lives in one of 12 Ohio Appalachia counties

Be a parent or a guardian of a young girl (age 9 to 17 years) who has not received the HPV vaccine (if a parent has more than one daughter, they will be asked questions about their eldest daughter)

Not have a child who has received the HPV vaccine

LEVEL 2: Health care providers

Practicing in a participating public health department or provider office in Ohio Appalachia

Personnel involved in the vaccine process (determined by individual health departments or clinic)

Able to speak, read, and write English

Exclusion Criteria:

LEVEL 1: Parents

Not able to speak, read, and write English

Does not have a daughter who receives care from or lives in one of 12 Ohio Appalachia counties

Not the parent or a guardian of a young girl (age 9 to 17 years) who has not received the HPV vaccine (if a parent has more than one daughter, they will be asked questions about their eldest daughter)

Has a child who has received the HPV vaccine

LEVEL 2: Health care providers

Does not practicing in a participating public health department or provider office in Ohio Appalachia

Personnel that is not involved in the vaccine process (determined by individual health departments or clinic)

Not able to speak, read, and write English

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01901770

Locations

United States, Ohio

Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center